California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Chapter 4 - Forest Practices
Subchapter 7 - Administration
Article 6.95 - Working Forest Management Plan Administration
Section 1094.3 - Wfmp Submittal and Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 1094.3

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

A WFMP may be submitted to the Department in writing by a person who intends to become a Working Forest Landowner(s) with the long-term objectives of promoting forestland stewardship, uneven aged timber stand(s) and sustained yield through the implementation of a WFMP. The WFMP shall be prepared by a RPF, shall be a public record, shall include all of the specified information pursuant to 14 CCR § 1094.6, and the following conditions shall be met:

(a) A Plan shall be submitted by the person(s) who owns the timberland included in the Plan.

(b) Where the timber is owned by parties other than the timberland owner(s), the timberland owner(s) shall give prompt written notice of such Plan to those parties.

(c) The plan submitter(s) shall prepare and submit to the Director, with the Plan, a Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber if:

(1) Any proposed Plan boundary lies within 300 ft. of any property owned by any person other than the plan submitter, or

(2) Any deviation changes a Plan boundary where the new boundary of the additional area lies within 300 ft. of any property owned by any person other than the plan submitter(s), or

(3) Any deviation changes the silvicultural method if a Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber was required for the Plan by conditions (1) or (2) above.

(d) A Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber shall include the following information:

(1) The name(s) of the plan submitter(s).

(2) The location of the Plan area by county, section, township, and range, and the approximate direction and distance to the Plan area from the nearest community or well-known landmark.

(3) The name of the nearest perennial blue line stream flowing through or downstream from the Plan area.

(4) The acreage of the WFMP area and the acreage of the Working Forest Timberlands within which timber operations under the WFMP are to be conducted.

(5) The silvicultural method(s) proposed.

(6) The estimated earliest date that the Director may approve the Plan pursuant to 14 CCR § 1094.17.

(7) A statement that the public may review the Plan at the specified CAL FIRE Review Team Office and a reasonable per page copy fee may be set by the Director for additional copies.

(e) The person(s) submitting the Plan shall furnish to the Department, at the time of submission of the Plan, a list of all persons, including their mailing addresses, who hold legal or equitable title to property within 300 ft. of the Plan boundary. Either a list compiled from the latest equalized assessment roll or a list provided by a title insurance company doing business in California shall be deemed sufficient for compliance with this subsection.

(f) The Department shall mail copies of the Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber within two (2) working days of receipt of the Plan to all persons identified in (e) above.

(g) Prior to Plan submission, the person submitting the Plan shall post a copy of the Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber at a conspicuous location that is easily visible to the public and near the Plan site. Notwithstanding other Board Rules, the notices required by 14 CCR § 1032.10 shall be completed prior to submission of the WFMP, and within counties with special Rules, (14 CCR Subchapter 4, Article 13 and Subchapter 6, Article 13) the noticing requirements will be the same as for a THP.

1. New section filed 6-2-2017; operative 1-1-2018 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4554.5(a) (Register 2017, No. 22).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4551, 4551.5, 4552 and 4553, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4597.2 and 4597.3, Public Resources Code.

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